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October 17, 2009
- It’s been said that knowledge is power, but sometimes ignorance can be a writer’s best friend. For example, I didn’t realize until after selling a story to Proctor & Gamble that “everybody knows” it’s near impossible for freelancers to sell to daytime soaps. It all started with the Romance Writers of America conference which my dear friend Lee Duran and I planned to ...
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October 15, 2009
- HUZZAH! HUZZAH! HUZZAH!The National Book Award Finalists have been announced. The finalists in the Young People's Literature category are: Deborah ...
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October 14, 2009
- This is what one can find in their spam. It is surely confidence-building to find out 'how to write' and the worth of an author. Iz this where the big bucks iz? "We are a society starved for information, but adults don\'t use libraries anymore: They turn to Google, punch in a few keywords, and instantly hone in on what they are looking for.It is BIG business, a multi-billion dollar ...
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October 11, 2009
- I would like to share this interview with Henry Hutton, a good friend of mine who is helping revolutionize the publishing industry with his self publishing agency, Publish and Sell Enterprises. Known in publishing circles as The PublishingGuy, Henry has also created an online newspaper called PublishingGuy's News Update offering the latest news in the dynamic publishing industry. 1. What made ...
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October 6, 2009
- It seems that successful (and otherwise sensible) writers often succumb to a terrible urge to write a book about how to write a book. If I were to become a famous writer (which is not unlikely in some parallel universe) I would break new ground by writing a book about how to write a book about writing books. The serious question is: can a writer learn to write a book worth reading from ...
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October 6, 2009
- There are so many places that I would still like to visit in the United States, and Washington D.C. is one of them. In addition to the many significant historic sites it has to offer, one place that I absolutely want to visit and explore is the Library of Congress. I came across an article from The Epoch Times, which covered the recent ninth annual book festival that took place at the ...
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October 2, 2009
- (Two writers sit behind eight-foot tables with books neatly stacked in front of them. They face rows of empty folding chairs.) ESTRAGON:Nothing to be done. VLADIMIR: I'm beginning to come round to that opinion. All my life I've tried to put it from me, saying Vladimir, be reasonable, you haven't yet tried everything. And I resumed the struggle. (He broods, musing on the struggle. Turning to ...
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September 30, 2009
- On Saturday, October 17, at 10:30 a.m., award-winning writer and editor Adele Annesi will present "Branding for Writers: The Importance of the Platform," a seminar for fiction and nonfiction authors at Sycamore Hills Park Community Center in Avon, Conn. Sponsored by the Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association (CAPA), "Branding for Writers" explores the concept and ...
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September 26, 2009
- If you don't want this to happen to you, get rid of the manuscript yourself. A good purge before suicide. And if your demise is unforseen, perhaps some indication of what you want done. As for me - they can publish every scrap. Ghost Writers A new wave of posthumous releases from authors like Vladimir Nabokov, David Foster Wallace and Ralph Ellison raises thorny questions about what the ...
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September 25, 2009
- Seth Godin wrote an excellent blog post The platform vs. the eyeballs. If we are to market books today we have the opportunity to build our own audience and own our own media channel. This is the opportunity. Seth gives an example for authors:"Authors have traditionally relied on publishers to bring them readers. The author gives up the majority of the income and the publisher brings ...
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